snow
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English snow, snaw, from Old English snāw (“snow”), from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”), from the root *sneygʷʰ-.
Cognate with Scots snaw (“snow”), West Frisian snie (“snow”), Dutch sneeuw (“snow”), German Schnee (“snow”), Danish sne (“snow”), Norwegian snø (“snow”), Swedish snö (“snow”), Icelandic snjór (“snow”), Latin nix (“snow”), Russian снег (sneg), Ancient Greek νίφα (nípha), dialectal Albanian nehë (“place where the snow melts”), Sanskrit स्नेह (snéha, “oil, grease”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) enPR: snō, IPA(key): /snəʊ/, [snəʊ̯]
- (US) enPR: snō, IPA(key): /snoʊ/, [snoʊ̯]
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊ
Noun[edit]
snow (countable and uncountable, plural snows)
- (uncountable) The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation.
- 1928, A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner,
- The wind had dropped, and the snow, tired of rushing around in circles trying to catch itself up, now fluttered gently down until it found a place on which to rest.
- 1928, A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner,
- (uncountable) Any similar frozen form of a gas or liquid.
- 2008, Neal Asher, "Alien Archaeology"
- Clad in a coldsuit Jael trudged through a thin layer of CO2 snow ...
- 2008, Neal Asher, "Alien Archaeology"
- (countable) A snowfall; a blanket of frozen, crystalline water.
- We have had several heavy snows this year.
- (uncountable) A shade of the color white.
- snow:
- (uncountable) The moving pattern of random dots displayed on a television, etc., when no transmission signal is being received.
- Synonym: shash
- (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
- 1930, Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison
- Besides, if it wasn't poison, it might be 'snow' or something.
- 1930, Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison
Synonyms[edit]
- (cocaine): blow
Derived terms[edit]
- acid snow
- apple snow
- artificial snow
- as pure as the driven snow, pure as the driven snow
- as white as snow, white as snow
- blowing snow
- carbon dioxide snow
- carbon dioxide snow cleaning
- coco snow
- cooking snow
- corn snow
- deadman snow anchor
- drifting snow
- driven snow
- dry snow
- evening-snow
- firn snow
- Florida snow
- frost snow
- glory-of-the-snow
- granular snow
- green snow
- Hawaiian snow
- lake-effect snow
- laser snow
- marine snow
- mountain snow
- new snow
- old snow
- onion snow
- packing snow
- pink snow
- powder snow
- red snow
- sand snow
- Sno-cat
- Snomobile, snowmobile
- SNOTEL
- snow ablation
- snow accumulation
- snow advisory
- snow algae
- snow angel
- snow-apple
- snowball
- snowbank
- snow banner
- Snowbasin
- snow bear
- snowbell
- snow-belt, Snowbelt
- snowberry
- snowbiking
- snow bird, snowbird
- snowblade
- snowblader
- snowblading
- snow-blanket
- snow blindness, snowblindness
- snow-blind, snowblind
- snow-blink, snowblink
- snow-blossom
- snowblow
- snowblower
- SnowBMX
- snowboard
- snow board
- snowboarder
- snowboarding
- snowboot
- snowbound
- snowbow
- Snow Bowl
- snow box
- snow brake
- snowbreak
- snow bridge
- snow-broo, snow-bru
- snow-broth
- snowbrush
- snow-bucking
- snow bunny
- snow bunting
- snowburn
- snow bush, snowbush
- snow-camel
- snow cannon
- snow-capped, snow-capt
- snowcap, snowcap
- snow castle
- snowcat
- snow catch
- snow cave
- Snowcem, snowcem
- snow chain
- snowchild
- snow chukor
- snow-clad
- snow cleaning
- snow climate
- snowclone
- snow cloud
- snow cock, snowcock
- snow coke
- snow-cold
- snow concrete
- snow cone
- snow conjunctivitis
- snow cornice
- snow course
- snow cover
- snow-covered
- snow crab (Cionoecetes)
- snow-craft
- snow cream
- Snow Creek Falls
- snow creep, snowcreep
- Snowcrest
- snowcrete
- snow-cripple
- snow-crowned
- snow cruiser
- snow-cruising
- snow crust
- snow crystal
- snow day
- snowdeck
- snowdeep
- snow density
- snow depth
- snow devil
- snowdog
- snowdrift
- snowdrop
- snow-dropper
- snow-dropping
- snow ear, snow ear fungus
- snow-eater
- snow emergency
- snow-eyes
- snowfall
- snow-fed
- snow fence
- snow fencing
- snowfield
- snow finch, snow-finch
- snow-fire
- snow-fish
- snowflake
- snow flea
- snow fleck, snow-fleck, snowfleck, snowflick
- snow-flight, snowflight
- snow flood
- snow flower, snowflower
- snow fluke
- snow flurry
- snow fly
- snowfolk
- snow-foot
- snow forest climate
- snow fort
- snow-fowl
- snow-free
- snow fungus
- snow garland
- snow-gatherer
- snow gauge
- snow-gem
- snow-generating level
- snow geyser
- snow globe
- snow glory
- snow gnat
- snow-goggles
- snow golf
- snow goose
- snow grains
- snow grass
- snow grave
- snow groomer
- snow-grouse
- snow guard
- snow gum
- snow gun
- snow-hammer
- snow hedge
- snow-hen
- Snow Hill
- snow-hole
- snowhorse
- snowhouse
- snow-ice
- snow-in-harvest
- snow insect
- snow-in-summer
- snowish
- Snow Island
- snow job
- snowkid
- snowkiting
- snowlady
- Snow Lake
- snow-lark
- snow leopard
- snowless
- snow level
- snow-like, snowlike
- snow lily
- snow-limit
- snow line, snowline
- snow load
- snow lotus
- snow machine, snowmachine
- snow-maker, snowmaker
- snow-making, snowmaking
- snowman
- snow management
- snowmanship
- snow mat
- snow melt, snowmelt
- snow-merchant
- snow metamorphism
- snow mist
- snow mold, snow mould
- snow monkey
- SnowMoto
- snow mound
- Snow Mountain
- snow mouse
- snow mushroom
- snow-on-the-mountain
- snow orchid
- snow-owl
- snowpack
- snow pallets
- snow-panther
- snow partridge
- snow patch
- snow pea
- snow pear
- snow pellets
- snowperson
- snow petrel
- snow pheasant
- snow pigeon
- snow pile
- snow pillow
- snow plane, snowplane
- snow plant
- snow plod
- snow plough, snow-plough, snowplough, snowplow
- snow plume
- snow pudding
- snow puff mushroom
- snow quail
- snowquake
- snow quality
- snow queen
- Snow Queen
- snow-raking
- snow report
- snowrider
- snow ring
- snow ripple
- snow roller
- snow rose
- snow sample
- snow sampler
- snow scale
- snowscape
- snow scene
- snow scooter
- snow sculpture
- snow seals
- snow shed, snowshed, snow-shed
- snow sheep (Ovis nivicola)
- snow-sheet
- Snowshill
- snow shoe, snow-shoe, snowshoe
- snow shower, snowshower
- snowskating
- snow-skiing
- snow sky
- snow-sleep
- snowslide
- snow-slip, snowslip
- snow smoke
- snow-snake, snow-snakes
- snow-sparrow
- snow-sports
- snowspout
- snow squall, snowsquall
- snow stage
- snow stake
- snowstalker
- snow-stone
- snowstorm
- snowsuit
- snowsurfing
- snow survey
- SNOWTAM
- snow-tan
- snow-thrower
- snow thunderstorm
- snow-time
- snow tire, snow tyre
- Snowtown
- snow trails
- snow train
- snow tremor
- snow trillium (Trillium nivale)
- Snowtrooper
- snow tube
- snow tubing
- Snowville
- snow water, snow-water
- snow weasel
- snow-white
- snow-wolf
- snowwoman
- snow-worm
- snow-wreath
- snowy
- spring snow
- sugar on snow
- sugar on snow, sugar-on-snow
- tapioca snow
- The Snow Bogatyr
- The Snow Maiden
- thundersnow
- visual snow
- walk in the snow
- watermelon snow
- water snow
- wet snow
- wild snow
- yellow snow
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Verb[edit]
snow (third-person singular simple present snows, present participle snowing, simple past and past participle snowed)
- (impersonal) To have snow fall from the sky.
- It is snowing.
- It started to snow.
- (colloquial) To hoodwink someone, especially by presenting confusing information.
- 1958, Saul Bellow, Henderson the Rain King:
- Having passed them in review, I concluded that the best thing would be to try to snow him a little, so I said that I had heard many marvelous reports about the Wariri.
- (poker) To bluff in draw poker by refusing to draw any cards.
Usage notes[edit]
- In older texts and still in dialects, the past tense snew and past participle snown may be encountered.
Derived terms[edit]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Brunson, Doyle (1978) Super/System: A course in power poker, B&G Publishing Company
Etymology 2[edit]
From Low German Snaue, or Dutch snaauw, from Low German Snau (“a snout, a beak”). See snout.
Noun[edit]
snow (plural snows)
- (nautical) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for snow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English snāw
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
snow (plural snowes)
- snow (frozen water as precipitation, either while falling or once landed)
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[1], published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:14, page 117v; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- ⁊ þe heed of him ⁊ his heeris weren whiyt as whiyt wolle .· ⁊ as ſnow / ⁊ þe iȝen of him as flawme of fier .·
- And his head and his hairs were white, like white wool or snow, and his eyes were like fire's flame.
- snow-white (a snowy white)
- The temperature where snow appears.
- A blanket of snow; a snowing.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “snou, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
snow m (uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
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- English terms with quotations
- en:Poker
- English terms derived from Low German
- English terms derived from Dutch
- en:Nautical
- en:Atmospheric phenomena
- en:Colors
- en:Whites
- en:Winter
- en:Snow
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
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- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Middle English terms with quotations
- enm:Atmospheric phenomena
- enm:Colors
- enm:Weather
- enm:Winter
- Spanish lemmas
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- Spanish uncountable nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with W
- Spanish masculine nouns